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About Jilli and Rick

Hi, I'm Rick Caran and this blog is about 'Jilli Dog', my incredible 5-lb Yorkie.
We want to share what we have been doing with our many friends and fans from around the world.
Perhaps you saw Jilli on TV, at a performances, or maybe you have read about her. Maybe you saw her internet video hit-- "DOG PLAYS POKER". We continue to add new videos to YouTube of our appearances and have also added a training video to our website. More to come!
Besides the Dog Tricks shows, Trade Shows, Corporate Events, Educational, Modeling and Acting work Jilli does, she is a Certified Therapy Dog, sometimes creating 'Small Miracles' for people in need of spirit lifting and 'Pet Therapy'...
We hope to hear from you with any questions, info or stories, or just a nice "HI" would be cool... We have done this type of communique for years now, but on a one-to-one basis, and we're excited to have an open forum on this blog! Take care, and best regards, Rick Caran and 'Jilli Dog'...
www.Jillidog.com
(we are adding more pics, schedule and info regularly!)

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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Jilli Dog and Rick Caran Newsletter!

Hey All!

I hope that this letter finds you all well and happy!

So far 2007 has been busy, fun and very exciting! Never a dull moment! Jilli is learning some new tricks! She does a few magic tricks, and she plays basketball, very enthusiastically! Yes, you can teach old dawgs (8 yrs old), especially if you maintain fun type training sessions "5 Minutes A Day", where 'learning' becomes a fun, regular part of life...

Here are some of the highlights, and many pics of these events are posted on Jill's site www.JilliDog.com in the 'Public Appearances' link...

*We were thrillled to be contacted by Yorky Club International, based in Italy, and to be interviewed by Henny Lidal from Norway for their very sharp magazine! www.YorkyClub.com . It's a super club for Yorky owners and lovers, and the bi-annual magazine ran a terrific 3 page spread of Jilli! The mag cover and article are viewable in the above attachments. Yorkie lovers might like to join!

*This is cool! Jilli Dog and I were invited to perform and be guests at the "Yorkshire Terrier National Rescue" Ball, on the Oct 4th, 5th and 6th weekend in Nashville Tenn! These are great people from all over the country, who are doing a wonderful service! Yorkie lovers are welcome! Check it out! www.YorkieRescue.com There are also some very interesting subjects in the site, such as dealing with 'Collapsing Tracea', a problem for many small breed dogs...

*Look for Jilli in a "Target Store" commercial, soon to be on TV! She ends the spot in a face to face pose with a beautiful Weimeraner, about 15x bigger than she...

* Well, Jilli has gone international in print in the above magazine, and she is ALSO an international TV Star!!! lol! In Feb we went to San Francisco, where we shot a spot for the Australian TV show "The great Outdoors"... A great group of folks, and lots of fun! Video will be posted when it airs in Au... This was part of the SF Yorkie Meetup...

*We met up with our great Yorkie Lovin Friends of the San Francisco Yorkie Meetup, who have been internet pals for years! Lucy Wu, Wendy Gregoire and John Friedberg are great organizers and people, and so were the over 120 other members that were there! Check this club out if you are a Yorkie Lover...

*We also finally met up with a great pal and dog trainer Lana Anderson, of 'Busy Bee Dogs' and her husband Herb... Lana has been so supportive, inspirational and informative for I guess 5 years. She has a great Dog and Pony Show, that performs at sports events, parties, TV all around the country. She and Herb were wonderful hosts to my son Jamie, Jilli and me! We entertained each other with mini dog shows! (busdrivers holiday!-) Great act www.BusyBeeDogs.com

*The best part was I got to spend a week with Jamie, with me so proudly seeing him operate his recording studio and recording label www.Freemeasure.com , teaching a kid band, and playing the beautiful music that I miss so much around the house when he and his brother Kevin supplied around the home, way back when... And it was fun for him to see 1st hand what his little canine sister is doing! He called Jilli a 'Rock Star' after seeing her get the reception she did, all 5 lbs of her!

*NEXT scheduled public event! We are doing an encore performance at a very cool 'Walk-a-thon' for the 'Little Shelter' at the Smith Haven Mall in Smithtown. April 22, 2007, 9am-11am... Great cause and really nice people! Check it out! www.LittleShelter.com

Again, thanks so much to so many of you for the support, nice emails, referrals and friendship! This little pup still gives me and most who see her a real kick! I'm beginning to organize a book and DVD about her, and Jamie is producing my song "5 Minutes A Day" for it... About Jilli, about training, about the Joy and Love capable between human and canine... If you have any publishing connections, lemme know!

10 comments:

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I stumbled across "Jilli Dog" on youtube when I was looking at pet videos. What a cute little dog! She's absolutly adorable and very smart, too! How long has it taken Jilli to learn these things? My own dog is rather....stubborn to say the least so our training is going rather slow. Hopefully with time Jilli can oin us in a game of poker! =) Have a great day Jilli and Rick!

this is totaly out of the blue, but i figured there's only one way to start! i myself have a little 5 lb. monster, and i would like VERY much to train her as a therapy dog. i worked for an organization previously that provided pet therapy to mentaly disabled adults, and was always amazed at the results. do you have any tips for someone just starting out on this path? can you reccomend any trainers? (i'm on long island too.)

I also stumbled across Jilli Dog on youtube. She is so cute! I love her. I have been looking for a yorkie. I have wanted one for so long. I was wondering what breeder you got her from? Thanks. My e-mail is greenstar3377@aim.com. Have a great day. I hope you both do well.

Hi Jilli! My name is Mariola, I live in Poland and I'm 12. I think, you're great dog! I've got Yorkshire terrier, girl. Her name is Doda and she's 4, but she can't a lot of tricks. If you want look at Doda's photos, go to my website: www.yorkies-love.blog.onet.pl . I think your videos are cool! I hope see you! Bye, bye!